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Recycle water treatment plant launched in Delhi; to benefit 5lakh people

Water supply in north Delhi will see a marked improvement both in quality and quantity with chief minister Shiela Dikshit today launching a fully-integrated recycling plant.

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Water supply in north Delhi will see a marked improvement both in quality and quantity with chief minister Shiela Dikshit today launching a fully-integrated recycling plant at one of the city's oldest water treatment complex in Wazirabad.

"Five lakh more residents of Burari and Palla regions are going to be benefited from additional water supply facilitated due to the new recycling plant, which will recycle wastewater generated during water treatment operations at the complex," Dikshit told reporters after inspecting the new facility.

Delhi Jal Board is setting up two more recycle water treatment plants, the first of their kind in the country, in Bhagirathi and Chandrawal complexes.

It already commissioned one in Haiderpur last year. By March 2010, these plants will collectively add a total of 45 MGD to the city's water supply.

"These will go a long way in solving the water woes in Delhi. The DJB is making several efforts to ensure that safe and clean drinking water is available to each resident," Dikshit, also the Chairperson of DJB, said.

The chief minister said talks are on with the Haryana government for sharing more water from river Yamuna. "Haryana is not yet ready to share additional water. We will fight it and take the issue to the central government as the city is facing a severe shortage of water."

The new recycling plant at Wazirabad complex, which gets 80 per cent of its raw water from river Yamuna, recycles "once treated water" and not raw water. So, the water is more potable, said DJB CEO Ramesh Negi.

"DJB is constantly looking at innovative ways to make the best use of available resources by way of introducing advanced technological interventions in our processes. The initiatives will not only add to our existing water resources but will do so in an environmentally sustainable way," he said.

The recycle plant, built at a cost of Rs 27.8 crore, will increase water supply from Wazirabad complex to 131 Million Gallons per day as it saves roughly 10 per cent of previously discarded wastewater generated during treatment operations at three existing plants in the complex.

Features of the recycling plant also include low chemical and power consumption, fully automatic with SCADA controls, compact plant layout and optimum land usage and easy maintenance with no moving underwater mechanical parts.

The pay-back period of the plant, having a life of 20 to 25 years, is three years and the DJB is expected to save a whopping Rs9 crore by saving of wastes, DJB officials said.

The facility is the "largest single-step water recovery" in which treated water is directly supplied to public. The three other similar plants recycle the water but the treated water is deposited back again with the treatment plants, they said.

 

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